The 68th running of the Irish St Leger was held on Saturday 9th October 1982 over 1 mile 6 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner was owned by Maktoum Al Maktoum, trained by Harry Thomson Jones and ridden by Paul Cook, and 10 ran. The winner won £45,305, winning in 3 minutes 10.2 seconds.

IRISH ST LEGER 1982

TOUCHING WOOD (Bay horse by Roberto out of Mandera) SR 1966

The winning owner won £45,305 (The equivalent of £157,100 in 2018 terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 4 minute 16 second clip of the 1982 Irish St Leger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OTMVu-6_k
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Pos. Horse Age/Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 TOUCHING WOOD 3 9st 0lbs Paul Cook Maktoum Al Maktoum Harry Thomson Jones
2 FATHER ROONEY 3 9st 0lbs Steve Cauthen Barry Hills Danny Schwartz
3 SWIFTFOOT 3 8st 11lbs Willie Carson Lord Rotherwick Dick Hern
4 MUSLAB 3 9st 0lbs Terry Rogers   Harry Thomson Jones
5 FUTURE SPA 3 9st 0lbs G McGrath   Paddy Prendergast
6 HOME & DRY 3 8st 11lbs Steve Craine   Kevin Prendergast
7 SAM JOHN 3 9st 0lbs Christy Roche   Michael Connolly
8 KONIGAN KATE 3 8st 11lbs Mick Kinane   Liam Browne
9 PATCHER 3 9st 0lbs Gabriel Curran Rory More O'Ferrall Kevin Prendergast
10 NOLAN 3 9st 0lbs Wally Swinburn   M A O'Toole
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  Betting Touching Wood raced 9 times, winning 3 and being placed on 4 occasions. Touching Wood was runner-up in the Epsom Derby beaten 3 lengths by Golden Fleece (SR 2065) and won the Doncaster St Leger, beating Zilos by 1 1/2 lengths.
5/4 fav Touching Wood
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